Name: Charles
Status: other
Grade: 12+
Location: VA
Country: USA

Question: There have been several queries about apple seeds and that they 
contain cyanide. I have heard that peach pits and bitter almonds also contain 
cyanide. Has anyone conducted analysis of a whole apple or a measured quantity 
of apple seeds and determined the amount of cyanide present (ppm, ppb)?
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Perhaps helpful:

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99515.htm

http://www.informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/15563658408992565

Clinical Toxicology

1984, Vol. 22, No. 4, Pages 341-347 , DOI 10.3109/15563658408992565

The Cyanide Content of Laetrile Preparations, Apricot, Peach and Apple Seeds

Michaela D. Holzbecher , Michael A. Moss and Herman A. Ellenberger
Departments of Pathology Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova 
Scotia, Canada
RCMP Crime Detection Laboratory, 3151 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 5L9
Abstract
Laetrile preparations obtained from a cyanide intoxicated patient were analyzed for their 
cyanide content by a microdiffusion colorimetric procedure. Cyanide was also determined in 
apricot, peach and apple seeds. The results were compared to those reported in the 
literature for cyanogenic glycoside containing seeds.

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